Nickname: Samo
Real Name: Sam Lehmann
Xbox Live: FLYiNGFR1DGE
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Occupation: Car Salesman
City/State: Melbourne, Victoria
Samo has been into games ever since going around to his mates places as a young ‘un and stealing every moment he could to play shooting gallery on Ye Olde Windows 3.1. Ah those were the days. Now he’s all grown up and by day he tries to sell cars to people. By night he tends to spend far too much time playing games. Samo has mostly been a PC gamer, but there has always been a console in the mix somewhere. His biggest mistake ever was buying an N-Gage at release; feel free to ridicule him for his side-talkin’ shenanigans in the forums. He’s not a complete clot though, as the current love of his life is his xbox 360. Samo is very excitable and if you ever see him excited about something, it’s best to run and hide; he may talk you into buying an N-Gage
What is your most memorable gaming experience?
Spending countless school holidays dragging N64 controllers around to mates places to play four player Goldeneye.
Where would you be found on a typical Friday night?
Either out drinking or punishing the xbox for keeping me in from drinking.
What is your favourite movie?
Too tough to call it between V for Vendetta and Fight Club.
What is your favourite food?
Chicken Parmagiana – Especially the Parma from the Palmerston in South Melbourne. mmmm.
What is your favourite drink?
Scotch Scotch Scotch, I love Scotch, watch it go down, down into my belly...
What are your favourite 5 games of all time, and why?
- Half Life 2 : Superb story, technical brilliance, the pace is perfectly balanced between sim and run-and gun. It really is godly in the realm of gaming greatness.
- Zelda Ocarina of Time : RPG perfection. Played it through countless times and it never ever gets old.
- Total Annihilation : This is strategy perfection. I don’t care what Yug says, TA is far better than Starcraft.
- Gran Turismo 4 : Vast, all encompassing and with the new physics model, damn near perfect.
- Banjo Kazooie : Innovative, compelling and while the packaging is that of a children’s game, there’s enough outright fun here for everyone. Still the best platformer ever
Articles written by Samo:
| Title | Type | Date |
| The Fridge Door: The High Octane Smell of Something Fishy | Opinion | 10 February 2009 |
| Banjo Kazooie Arcade Mini Review - Same Same but Shiny | Feature | 16 January 2009 |
| Kieth Liu - Head of Nokia Games | Interview | 3 December 2008 |
| FIFA 09 | Review | 18 November 2008 |
| de Blob | Review | 2 October 2008 |
| Race Driver: GRID | Review | 26 August 2008 |
| Sid Meiers Civilization Revolution | Review | 5 August 2008 |
| A Visit to Torus | Studio Tour | 25 June 2008 |
| Gran Turismo 5 Prologue | Review | 24 June 2008 |
| Sam and Max Season 1 | Review | 21 February 2008 |
| Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights | Review | 30 January 2008 |
| FIFA 08 | Review | 19 December 2007 |
| Halo 3 | Review | 7 October 2007 |
| BioShock | Review | 12 September 2007 |
| The Fridge Door - Episode 2 | Feature | 2 September 2007 |
| Fury Launch Party - Melbourne | Game Event | 27 August 2007 |
| Forza Motorsport 2 | Review | 30 June 2007 |
| Hospital Tycoon | Preview | 27 June 2007 |
| Supreme Commander | Review | 20 April 2007 |
| Interview with Stolen Life | Interview | 5 April 2007 |
| Interview with Gus Sorola | Interview | 5 April 2007 |
| The Fridge Door - Episode 1 | Feature | 26 March 2007 |
| Dissecta - Playstation 3 | Game Event | 23 March 2007 |
| Marvel Ultimate Alliance | Review | 17 February 2007 |
| Call of Duty 3 | Review | 2 January 2007 |
| Need For Speed: Carbon | Review | 16 December 2006 |
